Rare on Earth, common in the universe, and the element that makes rewritable optical discs work.
- Atomic number
- 52
- Atomic mass
- 127.6 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Kr] 4d¹⁰ 5s² 5p⁴
- Melting point
- 722.66 K · 449.5 °C
- Boiling point
- 1,261 K · 987.9 °C
- Density
- 6.24 g/cm³
- Electronegativity
- 2.1
- Period / Group
- 5 / 16
- Discovery year
- 1783